indiaUpdated: Nov 04, 2020, 10:46 ISTAfter Republic Television editor Arnab Goswami’s arrest, Union minister of information and broadcasting Prakash Javadekar slammed Maharashtra Police’s attack on press freedom and compared it to those of “Emergency days”. This reminds us of the emergency days when the press was treated like this,” the minister tweeted without taking the name of either Goswami or his channel. Also Read: Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami arrested in 2018 suicide abetment caseWe condemn the attack on press freedom in #Maharashtra. @PIB_India @DDNewslive @republic — Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) November 4, 2020Union minister Smriti Irani, too, voices support for Goswami. The arrest of Arnab Goswami comes at a time when he is at a loggerheads with the state government over a chain of issues involving the investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, TRP scam etc.

Source: Hindustan Times November 04, 2020 04:01 UTC